President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the North East Development Commission (Establishment) Bill, 2017. The senior special assistant to the president on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Sen Ita Enang, who made this known in a statement he issued yesterday, said…
KPMG Nigeria has expressed its preparedness to host the 2017 edition of its digital summit on November 1. The one-day event is sequel to the Financial Technology summit in November, 2016 which attracted over 400 participants. The Partner and…
Four firms have staked N120, 547,000 to purchase the assets of the subsidiary companies of Nigerian Mining Corporation (NMC). According to the second round financial bids results released by the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE), in Abuja yesterday, for five subsidiaries…
The Canadian government said it has earmarked $3.5 billion to advance the health of women and children in Nigeria. Dr Christopher Thorney, Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, made the disclosure during the Multi-Country Dissemination of the Rapid Access Expansion (RAcE)…
The United Nations on Tuesday said it would commence implementation of over four billion dollars UN Sustainable Development Partnership Framework (UNSDPF) in Nigeria in 2018. Mr Edward Kallon, the UN Resident Humanitarian Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, made this known…
The Vice President’s spokesperson, Laolu Akande, has clarified the error in the publications credited to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on release of fund for construction of the 2nd Niger Bridge. Mr. Akande gave the clarification on Tuesday following some media…
President Muhamadu Buhari on Tuesday in Niamey, Republic of Niger, urged member countries of the Economic Community of West African States to to tread carefully in pushing for a single currency in the sub-region by 2020. He cited the challenges…
The International Women’s Society (IWS), a group of international women founded to work for the advancement of women of all races, and develop the common interests of women, is collaborating with the House of Oduduwa Foundation to host this year’s…
President Muhammadu Buhari has prayed for the Ogun businessman Chief Kesington Adebutu as the philanthropist clocks 82 on Oct. 24. The President in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on…
The Jos Electricity Distribution Company ( JEDC ), has sacked 150 workers, in what its management said was part of a re-organisation aimed at optimum performance. Among those sacked across its four states of Plateau, Gombe, Bauchi and Benue were…
